You are right about the grip, and glad to know this.....I have owned these machines since the mid 1980's and I have NEVER had to do this before, so a new thing for an old dog.....I guess it speaks well of Apple to have products that don't require such drastic measures.
Thanks for the education from you and Tom as he has offered help offline. John R. On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:57 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > John, > > If the ways of old hold true, you've just Zapped the Parameter RAM > (reset the PRAM) on your machine, which resets its basic start up > instructions; and because of the unusual one-hand facilitatiion of > this at the keyboard, it is otherwise known as the "Vulcan Death > Grip" in those days past. : ) > > Regards, > Russ Preston > > > On Sep 13, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Profile wrote: > >> Just to keep you informed of the update problems of the "blue >> screen" on the MacBook, I called Apple this morning, had to get to >> a second level before a solution was discovered, so I pass this >> along just in case someone else would have my experience. >> >> I had tried booting from the Apple C.D., I had tried booting by >> holding the "option" key, I had tried booting holding the "shift" >> key, nothing would work, but the combination below did the trick: >> >> >> Hold down the 1) Apple key, 2)Option key, 3) R key, 4) P key, hit >> the start button and hold everything down for two separate tones >> (a few seconds between). Then let off the power key, but hold >> the other keys until a second reboot begins, then let off all >> keys. It is working fine. >> >> >> John R > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is September 26. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060913/d167cc17/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is September 26. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
